 this holiday celebrated entirely in greyhawk is a day of reversion where the high is made low and the low made high the lord mayor of greyhawk lord mayor and directing oligarchy while wearing dunce caps and straitjackets march through the old city district of greyhawk through the slum and thieves quarters stopping to hear the words of simpletons and idiots along the way most people know enough not to attack them at this point as many members of greyhawk 's thieves guild as well as the feared guild of assassins according to some are out in force on this night thick in the crowds but nondescript in appearance elsewhere in the city madness reigns warriors beg children to save them from unseen monsters while paladins loudly challenge puppets to single combat thieves secretly leave small bags of copper for former victims and the poor while judges and other senior officials are tried by clerks and messengers for absurd crimes and briefly jailed sages and tutors of the grey college university of magical arts and other such esteemed institutions sit in the audience of lectures held by the most inexperienced students of these academies who happily regale them with nonsense the clergy are involved in these celebrations as well with the specific rites varying from religion to religion priests of heironeous listen to tales of heroism and sacrifice by known liars and cowards while members of the order of st cuthbert listen to any religious advice given by those of other faiths smacking their foreheads for being so misguided and generally appearing completely won over all of this silliness is overseen by the fool the most talented bard or jester in the city who gains this appointment by vote of the directing oligarchy for the duration fo the feast the fool is lord of the city and his directives carried out though these directives like all else which occurs during this time must be governed by a carefully-designed logic of paradox nothing which threatens the security of the city injures a citizen destroys property involves physical violence or the like is allowed this holiday is meant to be fun and with no later regrets and even the fool must be careful not to do anything stupid; in this case anything which may offend someone so greatly that the fool will be sorry about it later all citizens of greyhawk are expected to take part acting in a fashion precisely the opposite of their normal behavior brightly colored and bizarre clothing is the norm and the stories of the adventures and lunacy that go on during this holiday are passed around and enjoyed for years hence the birth rate tends to soar around brewfest of the next year refusing to participate is considered a severe breach of etiquette and any who do not seem to be appreciating the festival instantly draw the attention of all nearby merrymakers who hound the person involved long after needfest is over foreigners are allowed some leeway but even they are expected to put on a minor show of participation only three groups are said to act and allowed to by others as always during the feast of fools priests of olidammara who merely encourage the revelry as best they can; druids who tend to have no sense of humor about even pretending not to support nature or balance; and the guild of assassins who simply stay out of sight or remain in disguise as foreigners or beggars carrying on like everyone else around them unless forced to act in their normal capacity for one reason or another category holidays 